Rating agencies disclose notching policies for CDOs, ABCP and SIVs

In the midst of heightened market awareness regarding rating-agency notching policies (see ASR 6/18/01 and 6/25/01) Standard & Poor's has recently implemented new criteria for notching within CDOs, slated to be announced officially at IMN's German Securitization conference on Sept. 12 in Berlin. S&P also plans to unveil three brand new products to the CDO market, in addition to a new CLO performance index, which was announced to the public last week.

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